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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 279, NWS State College, PA

September 15, 2021Columbia County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2021, 4:18 PM EDT for Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2021, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Columbia County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 15, 11:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 265 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

295 
WUUS51 KCTP 152018
SVRCTP
PAC037-152045-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0279.210915T2018Z-210915T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
418 PM EDT Wed Sep 15 2021

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Columbia County in central Pennsylvania...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 418 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Waller,
  moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rohrsburg, Jamison City, Waller, Central, Benton and Stillwater. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Very heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4112 7649 4121 7653 4131 7641 4131 7631
      4126 7631 4120 7632 4115 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 249DEG 26KT 4120 7643 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Banghoff

1 follow-up statement

476 
WWUS51 KCTP 152036
SVSCTP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
436 PM EDT Wed Sep 15 2021

PAC037-152046-
/O.EXP.KCTP.SV.W.0279.000000T0000Z-210915T2045Z/
Columbia PA-
436 PM EDT Wed Sep 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central and north central Pennsylvania.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
State College PA.

LAT...LON 4112 7649 4121 7653 4131 7641 4131 7631
      4126 7631 4120 7632 4115 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 270DEG 26KT 4124 7628 

$$

Banghoff

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 11:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	42 min
Sep 15, 1:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	49 min
Sep 15, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	33 min
Sep 15, 1:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre	31 min
Sep 15, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Sullivan	42 min
Sep 15, 2:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	2 hr
Sep 15, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton	31 min
Sep 15, 2:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	66 min
Sep 15, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	30 min
Sep 15, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	44 min
Sep 15, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Union	36 min
Sep 15, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	17 min
Sep 15, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin	40 min
Sep 15, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Montour, Northumberland, Union	36 min
Sep 15, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	30 min
Sep 15, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Snyder	35 min
Sep 15, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Montour	31 min
Sep 15, 4:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	2 hr
Sep 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan	3 hr
Sep 15, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Perry	33 min
Sep 15, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Northumberland	24 min
Sep 15, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Franklin, Perry	32 min
Sep 15, 4:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Montour, Northumberland	89 min
Sep 15, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Northumberland	32 min
Sep 15, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Perry	31 min
Sep 15, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Perry	30 min
Sep 15, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	26 min
Sep 15, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin	28 min
Sep 15, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	23 min
Sep 15, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	36 min
Sep 15, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	29 min
Sep 15, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lebanon, Schuylkill	43 min
Sep 15, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Franklin	27 min
Sep 15, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin	34 min
Sep 15, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Berks	21 min
Sep 15, 7:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Dauphin, York	96 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.